After sending Deng Xihou and Ma Hongbin away, Liu Xiang and Liu Yun took a car together and went to the Erlang Zhenjun Temple in Guanjiangkou, because the German general adviser Falkenhausen was worshipping Erlang God Yang Jian there, and he really followed the customs of the villagers and mingled with the people of Dujiangyan. made Commander Liu cry and laugh, I really doubt that the German big nose really knows who Yang Jian is, and he is not afraid of offending Christ when he goes to worship.

Christianity, unlike Taoism and Buddhism, is a well-known monotheistic religion with exclusivity, in other words, as long as you believe in Christ and Jehovah, you cannot believe in other religions or gods, and once you meet, you must also pour dirt and urine, so the resulting religious wars are not once or twice.

When Liu Yun and the others arrived at the Zhenjun Temple, it was already late, but General Falkenhausen knelt in front of Erlang God and prayed in a low voice.

As the saying goes, "Go into the house and shout people, and go into the temple to worship God".

After Liu Xiang and Liu Yun entered the temple, they did not greet Falkenhausen directly, but lit a pillar of incense, and also paid homage to Erlang Zhenjun.

Falkenhausen seemed a little gloomy, compared with the morning speech in the auditorium, it was like two people, this guy showed golden hair, slightly flustered, soft on the forehead, the whole person looked sluggish, the German uniform on the body was still straight, just a little flashy.

The three of them sat at the wooden table in the small courtyard, staring at each other wide-eyed, as if they were all worried.

After half a ring, General Falkenhausen apologized with a slightly wry smile, "Dear Liu, I feel very sorry, Berlin's attitude this time is a little too ambiguous, and it is really absurd to want to form an alliance with the Japanese."

"An alliance with the Japanese?" Chairman Liu Xiang, who is known as a good old man, was also a little angry at this time, and asked in disbelief, "The German Empire, but a big country in the world, is so untrustworthy, isn't it afraid of losing credibility, and from now on, who will dare to form an alliance with your country."

Falkenhausen was a little eager to say something, and Liu Yun hurriedly relieved his friend, "This matter has nothing to do with the general adviser personally, Germany's alliance with Japan is definitely with Hitler's consent, not to mention that the military is to obey orders as his duty, and the general adviser has been absent from the country for a long time, even if he wants to do something, it is very inconvenient."

Liu Xiang is not an unreasonable person, he woke up immediately after being mentioned, but he was still a little angry in his heart, so he refused to apologize on the spot, Liu Yun had to ask the German general, "General Counsel, please forgive me, Sino-German cooperation has always been very pleasant, how can you say that change will change?" ”

Falkenhausen hesitated for a moment before deciding to reveal a thing or two, so he explained in a low voice, "This matter is a long story, and the reason is that in March of this year (1936), the American burlesque master Chaplin visited China, and the Chinese officials gave a warm welcome, so that the Führer was very unhappy about it."

Liu Yun couldn't help but feel moved, isn't Chaplin just a comic actor, how can it affect the friendship between China and Germany, although this comic master made "The Great Dictator", which is a bit ugly to Hitler, but Lao Xi is a political figure, and he should be accustomed to this kind of media hype.

Liu Xiang reacted quickly, and suddenly remembered something, and couldn't help but shout, "This Wang Zhaoming is so confused, how can he casually represent the Nanjing government and make personal remarks indiscriminately?" ”

After Liu Xiang's careful explanation, Liu Yun learned the truth, it turned out that Master Chaplin's visit to China was not so pure, and behind him were pro-Jewish and anti-German American politicians, who were trying to take this opportunity to test the relationship between Nanjing and Berlin, which itself had a semi-official nature. Unexpectedly, Wang Zhaoming was jealous that when Lao Chiang visited the United States, he was favored by President Roosevelt and warmly welcomed by other friendly people, so he also wanted to look elsewhere.

Dean Wang, who loves to be in the limelight, not only went to Shanghai to receive Master Chaplin in person, but also led officials of all sizes to cheer together, and also delivered an impromptu speech in Shanghai's Hongqiao Park, declaring that "Sino-US cooperation will replace Sino-German cooperation, and will work with the Soviet Union, Japan, Britain and other major powers to jointly safeguard the international order in the Far East."

On the surface, there is nothing unusual about Lao Wang's speech, because many politicians like to make such "lofty" diplomatic rhetoric and crazy nonsense, but it is a pity that President Wang is not knowledgeable and does not like to care much about international affairs, and these brainless words just made Hitler, Goering, Goebbels and other German dignitaries angry, and thought that China was about to abandon Germany and turn to an alliance with Britain and the United States.

In January 1936, in order to unite China, Germany also offered to help the Nanjing Nationalist Government and establish the Nanjing Military Police. On 1 March, when Lao Chiang was still visiting the United States, the Huaxia Military Police School had already quietly opened, and the Chinese Military Police School, which would be known as invincible in the future, came out of this special military school.

However, what made the Germans even more bitter was that in 1922, France occupied the Ruhr area of Germany together with the Belgian army under the pretext that Germany had not paid the reparations for defeat, creating the "Ruhr Crisis" that shocked the world. On May 2, 1935, France and the Soviet Union signed the Franco-Soviet Treaty of Mutual Assistance, which strategically formed an east-west attack on Germany, which was effective for five years, and came into force on March 26, 1936.

Therefore, on March 7, 1936, Hitler decided to take a military adventure, unilaterally tore up the Treaty of Versailles and the Treaty of Locarno, ordered the German army to enter the Rhineland demilitarized zone, and built military fortifications there, in order to defend against the possibility of random aggression by the French army against Germany.

Of course, Liu Yun and Falkenhausen were in the Far East, and they had no idea that in 1935 and 1936, there was another social and economic crisis in Germany, and Hitler's military adventure also meant to divert the focus of social attention.

Therefore, President Wang's diplomatic rhetoric is really difficult to say happy and sad, and it is more of a kind of ignorance, and just when Germany was angry, Japanese Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hiroki Hirota seized the opportunity in time and sent a special envoy Matsuoka Yoyo to secretly meet with General Goering, the commander of the German Air Force.

Goering was a flying hero during the First World War, and is currently one of the core political figures in Berlin, and later ascended to the throne of the Luftwaffe, so he was very much respected by Hitler, and often lobbied Hitler to ally with the Japanese together with Ribbentrop, the "new star of the Foreign Office", and defined the moderates in the country as the "China lobby", which directly targeted the foreign minister von Newright, the minister of war von Blomburg, and the father of the Wehrmacht von Seckt and other doves.

Fortunately, Liu Yun appeared in this time and space, and provided the primary healing solution in time, resulting in General von Seckett not dying in 1936, so the "doves" still had a great influence in the German army, and the conspiracy of Goering and others did not succeed for the time being. But Hitler himself was so moved that he had already sent Ribbentrop as his envoy to plan the "Berlin-Rome-Tokyo" axis and the "anti-Soviet pact" against the Red Soviet Union.

Although the German doves tried their best to delay the arrival of the war, many politicians saw that "the alliance between Japan and Germany was the general trend".

General Falkenhausen has been in China for a long time, and he is extremely familiar with the basic national conditions of China, especially the simplicity and kindness of the Chinese people, if one day, let them invade China with the Japanese devils, the consequences are really unimaginable, causing him to feel deeply uneasy in conscience, this is the real reason why he came to the Zhenjun Temple to pray.

Liu Yun is a person of the future, for the alliance of Germany, Italy and Japan, the formation of the axis of the fascist camp in World War II, is also mentally prepared, although he has provided a lot of resources and technology for the Germans over the years, but never put the future of the Anti-Japanese War, pinned on the ethereal miracle.

The alliance between Japan and Germany is an inevitable trend in the development of this particular era, because Germany's army has always been very strong, but its navy is extremely weak, and the Japanese navy, which is known as the third in the world, can just make up for this fatal weakness, which is not at all something that China will be able to catch up with in the short term.

During the Republic of China, China was a country with a huge territory and a large population, but it was also a world-renowned weak country, especially in terms of military strength, not to mention compared with Britain and France, even compared with Japan.

In the future, China may really become stronger, but in the next five to ten years, I am afraid there is little hope, and the battle for the revival of Germany will be fought in two or three years, so it is not possible to bet on Huaxia, so the proactive Japanese have become one of the best choices for Berlin.

Seeing Falkenhausen's guilt and Liu Xiang's anger, Liu Yun could only sigh, so he slowly comforted, "You don't have to blame yourself or be angry, the Western Bible once said, 'God saves those who save themselves'." The German allies now have to choose to leave, that is their freedom, after all, helping is a favor, not helping is duty, Huaxia is not qualified to accuse them, not to mention that we have friends like the general counsel."

Liu Xiang smiled bitterly, his mood suddenly improved a lot, he was a prince, what kind of betrayal had not been seen, although it was angry at Germany's departure, but it was more of a fear, afraid that after Huaxia was abandoned by Germany, Huaxia would be isolated in the world, afraid of the invasion of Japanese devils, and Huaxia would be alone.

Saying a thousand things and ten thousand, in the end, it is a matter of strength.

If Huaxia's own strength is strong enough, and he is not afraid of Germany's departure, nor is he afraid of the eyes of the world powers, nor is he afraid of the aggression of the Japanese devils, Liu Xiang is a real Chinese soldier, knowing that the Sino-Japanese decisive battle is inevitable, and has long been determined to become a benevolent if he does not succeed.

After General Falkenhausen pondered for a moment, he looked at Liu Yun with some hesitation, and quietly reminded, "Dear Liu, at present, Berlin is still hesitating, as long as the allies of China can prove their worth again, the Führer will once again carefully consider the issue of China, not to mention that there are still many moderates in the country."

Even if there is only one point of hope, Liu Yun is willing to put in ninety-nine points of effort, so he nodded very cautiously, and asked in a timely manner, "With the overall strength of your country, it has already been countless times stronger than Huaxia, if our two countries are adjacent, what if Huaxia sends troops, if the general adviser has any suggestions, it is okay to speak out."

Falkenhausen was not very evasive, and directly put forward his idea, "In the German Foreign Office, Foreign Minister von Newright can still suppress Ribbentrop, but only Commander Goering, General von Seckert, wants to install a person into the Air Force headquarters to try to curb the crazy behavior of this guy."

"If you want to put your own people in important positions, you need to make outstanding contributions, such as cutting-edge technology in the Air Force. Of course, China is already backward, and it is unrealistic to ask you to provide technology, so General Seckert suggests that your country can get some advanced aviation technology through its relations with the United States.

Liu Yun frowned a little, he understood what Falkenhausen meant, for the issue of alliance with China, there was also a split within Germany, although General Seckert was the father of the German army, but he didn't want to fight anymore, so he became a representative of the moderates, so he wanted to compete with the fanatics or militants for military and political control of Berlin.

In other words, the German doves are asking China in disguise to participate in the political struggle in Berlin, but when it comes to political struggle, who can fight Hitler. Therefore, Huaxia's investment in the Luftwaffe was of little significance in essence, and at most it made Hitler more cautious when considering China's affairs.

Liu Xiang also shook his head, he himself is a person from the past, these political struggles have always been cruel, look at the anti-rebellion activities in the early rise in the Soviet Union, it is clear, what generals and marshals, what Lenin's close comrades-in-arms, all are. Because a pure soldier can never fight a shameless politician, not to mention Hitler's domestic prestige is skyrocketing, and the slightest carelessness of moderates will be doomed.